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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M13418
People
Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London)
Title
Execution of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Execution of the Earl of Strafford
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1641
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255978

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 18.5 × 25.9 cm (7 5/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
sheet: 20.4 × 27.5 cm (8 1/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E De T. Bechtel [within a rectangular borderline (Lugt 4707)]
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner of image area: WH [monogram]
  • inscription: in plate, above upper borderline: THE TRUE MANER OF THE EXECUTION OF THOMAS EARLE OF STRAFFORD, LORD / Lieutentant of Ireland, vpon Towerhill, the 12th of May, 1641.
  • inscription: in plate, in sky at right of image, with corresponding initials within the figures: A. Doctor Vsher, Lord Prima: / te of Ireland, / B the Sherifes of London, / C the Earle of Strafford, / D. his Kindred and Friends.
  • inscription: in plate, in margin below the lower borderline: Execution des Grafen Thomæ von Strafford Statthalters in Irland auf de Tawers.platz in Londen 12 Mai 1641. / A. Doct. Usher Primat in Irland. / B. Rahts Herzen von Londen. // C. Der Graf von Stafford. / D. Seine anu[abrasion]vainten und freünde.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,418
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: P 552I / c 17602
  • watermark: behind left half of image: crowned armorial

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 331, Penninngton 552

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
M13418
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4707

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